cerâmica

//sɨ.ˈɾɐ.mi.kɐ// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,455

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

cerâmica is aPortuguesenoun. It means: arte de fabricar louça de barro; olaria Pronounced /sɨ.ˈɾɐ.mi.kɐ/. It ranks #9,455 in Portuguese word frequency.

Key facts for cerâmica
PropertyValue
Headwordcerâmica
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/sɨ.ˈɾɐ.mi.kɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,455
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cerâmica in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cerâmica is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sɨ.ˈɾɐ.mi.kɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,455 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for cerâmica, with forms such as "ccerâmica", "cermâica", and "cerrâmica". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is cerâmica, spelled C-E-R-Â-M-I-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    arte de fabricar louça de barro; olaria
  2. 2
    designação comum de tijolos, telhas e outros objetos de barro cozido como porcelanas, faianças e louça de grés

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccerâmica,cermâica,cerrâmica,cerâimca,cerâmcia,cerâmiac,cerâmicca,cerâmmica,ceârmica,creâmica,ecrâmica

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cerâmica

Misspelling Variants of "cerâmica"

ccerâmica9cermâica8cerrâmica9cerâimca8cerâmcia8cerâmiac8cerâmicca9cerâmmica9
Misspelling Variants of "cerâmica"

Frequency rank: #9,455 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cerâmica"?
"cerâmica" is spelled C-E-R-Â-M-I-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is /sɨ.ˈɾɐ.mi.kɐ/.
What does "cerâmica" mean?
As a noun, "cerâmica" means: arte de fabricar louça de barro; olaria
What are common misspellings of "cerâmica"?
Common misspellings include "ccerâmica", "cermâica", "cerrâmica", "cerâimca", "cerâmcia". The correct spelling is "cerâmica".
How do you pronounce "cerâmica"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cerâmica" is /sɨ.ˈɾɐ.mi.kɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cerâmica" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.